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NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries Group President V Balasubramaim has got a temporary reprieve. A Delhi lower court on Tuesday stayed the non-bailable warrant against him until May 13. The stay was granted after Balasubramaniam's counsel gave an undertaking that he would surrender before the court on May 13. The bail application of two other Reliance officials, Group Vice-President A N Sethuraman and Corporate Affairs General Manager...

new delhi: the disinvestment ministry on wednesday said reliance would not be disqualified from bidding for public sector undertakings, including ipcl, on the basis of the charges filed by cbi under the official secrets act. "we have examined the matter. reliance would not be disqualified as the charges against it do not relate to national security. as per guidelines for disinvestment, in the case of non-security related matters, a chargesheet is not enough to disqualify the bidder," disinvestment minister arun shourie told reporters here.

PATNA: A dismissed jawan of the Indian Army working as an alleged ISI agent has been arrested here with "important military papers" relating to the Indo-Pak border, a top police officer said on Tuesday. Authorities described his arrest by the Special Task Force of Bihar Police as a "big catch", additional director general of police (Headquarters) Neelmani said. Acting on a tip-off by the Intelligence Bureau and other Intelligence agencies, the STF personnel raided a place under Kankarbagh police station and arrested Sudhanshu Sudhakar last evening, he said.

NEW DELHI: CBI is likely to quiz a Joint Secretary level officer in connection with his alleged meeting with the wife of arms dealer AbhishekVerma in his office. Agency sources said the officer is likely to appear before investigators next week, they said. CBI sources said the agency has registered a preliminary enquiry to look into alleged violation of Official Secrets Act after documents dispatched by estranged business associate of Verma, C Edmond Allen , were termed genuine and confidential by the Defence Ministry.

NEW DELHI: In fresh trouble for arms dealer Abhishek Verma , the CBI has initiated another probe into alleged possession of documents related to small arms deal with him which allegedly violated Official Secrets Act. CBI sources said the agency has registered a preliminary enquiry against unnamed officials after documents dispatched by estranged business associate of Verma, C Edmond Allen , were found to be genuine and confidential by...

NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission has directed the CBI to disclose the complaint filed in 1998 against the then high ranking officials of Reliance group for the alleged violation of Official Secrets Act. A Lucknow-based RTI applicant Naresh Dixit had sought to know the date of filing of the challan along with its copy in the complaint of alleged OSA violation against V Balasubramaniam the then Group President RIL...

new delhi: a question mark has been put on the reliance industries' bid for public sector companies like ipcl, hpcl and bpcl. disinvestment secretary pradip baijal on thursday said his ministry would examine whether the cbi chargesheet against the company and three of it's top officials under the official secrets act, amounted to a serious enough lapse under which a company may be disqualified from participating in the disinvestment process. "we will see what are the charges against reliance and find out if they come under the purview of the guidelines on tainted companies to decide on eligibility to participate in the disinvestment process," said.

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court today framed charges against five persons, including three former naval officers and an ex-IAF Wing Commander, in the 2006 Naval War Room leak case. Special CBI Judge J P S Malik put on trial former Navy officer Kulbhushan Prashar, former naval commander Vijender Rana, sacked naval commander V K Jha, former IAF Wing Commander Sambha Jee L Surve and arms dealer and Delhi-based businessman Abhishek Verma for the offence of criminal conspiracy under the IPC and under various provisions of the Official Secrets Act (OSA)

NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries is unlikely to be barred from bidding for public sector companies, including IPCL, although a dark shadow has certainly been cast on the company in the wake of Monday's high-voltage developments involving the arrest of two of its senior officials under the Official Secrets Act and the threat of arrest looming large over its group president V Balasubramaniamn. But as far as the disinvestment ministry is concerned, the developments do not disqualify Reliance from the bidding process.

NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries is unlikely to be barred from bidding for public sector companies, including IPCL, although a dark shadow has certainly fallen on the company in the wake of today's high-voltage developments involving the arrest of two of its senior officials under the Official Secrets Act and the threat of arrest looming over its group president V Balasubramaniam. But as far as the disinvestment ministry is concerned, the developments do not disqualify Reliance from the bidding process.